Animal Emergency Clinic & Intensive Care Facility

06/30/2025

Happy Fourth of July! 🇺🇸

We will be fully open during the holiday weekend.
We are for you if your pet’s holiday celebrations don’t go as planned.

(318)227-2345

06/26/2025

How do you keep your pets cool during the Dog Days of Summer?? ☀️

With temperatures soaring, it's crucial to be mindful of our furry friends' health. Heat stroke in pets is a serious condition that can be life-threatening. Here’s what you need to know to keep your pets safe:

🥵 What is Heat Stroke?
Heat stroke occurs when a pet's body temperature rises to a dangerous level, often due to prolonged exposure to high temperatures or excessive exercise. Sometimes heat stroke occurs on those cloudy days that seem a little cooler as well!!

🥵 Signs of Heat Stroke in Pets:

-Searching for shade is a sign that they are getting too hot, and this behavior should not be ignored
- Heavy panting and difficulty breathing
- Excessive drooling
- Vomiting and diarrhea
- Weakness or lethargy
- Elevated heart rate
- Poorly responsive
- Collapse or seizures

🥵 Immediate Actions if You Suspect Heat Stroke:

1. **Move to a Cool Area**: Get your pet out of the heat and into a cooler environment.
2. **Offer Water**: Provide small amounts of cool water, but don’t force them to drink.
3. **Cool Down**: Use cool (not cold) water to wet their fur, especially on the paws, belly, and neck. Avoid using ice-cold water as it can shock their system.
4. **Visit the Vet**: Heat stroke is a medical emergency. Contact your vet immediately, even if your pet seems to recover.

🥵 Prevention Tips:

- **Never Leave Pets in Cars**: Temperatures inside a car can skyrocket in minutes, even with the windows cracked. Remember, newer cars will often turn themselves off after a set amount of time so even leaving them in a running vehicle can be dangerous.
- **Limit Exercise**: Avoid intense exercise during peak heat hours. Early morning or late evening walks are best. Out of shape pets and short-nosed dogs (brachycephalic dogs like Bulldogs) are usually less tolerant to heat.
- **Provide Shade and Water**: Ensure your pet has access to shade and plenty of fresh water when outside.
- **Be Mindful of Surfaces**: Hot pavement increases the surrounding temperatures and can burn your pet’s paws. Test the surface with your hand; if it's too hot for you, it's too hot for them.

Let’s keep our pets safe and cool this summer! Share this post to spread awareness and help prevent heat stroke in pets. 🐶🐱

06/23/2025

Happy Birthday Graceann! 🎂

Graceann began her journey in veterinary medicine 4 years ago as a veterinary technician and receptionist. She joined us at the Animal Emergency Clinic a little over a year ago and has been apart of our family ever since. Graceann had always known from childhood that she wanted to be a veterinarian. In fact, she just recently celebrated her graduation from Louisiana State University Shreveport! She will soon begin the wild journey of applying to vet school. We are so excited to see the amazing things that she will accomplish! Nowadays, she spends most of her free time reading or watching tv shows with her two fur babies Roscoe and Pip. If you can’t find her there, she is probably off working like a mad scientist on some arts and crafts projects. We can always count on her to think creatively and make our days here at the clinic just that more interesting. Help us wish Graceann a very happy birthday! 🍰🎉🎈

06/22/2025

This gentle giant named “Klaus” came to see us this weekend. Klaus is an Irish wolfhound and weighs more than some of our staff members! Grace and Klaus got a quick hug before he went home. Wishing Klaus a speedy recovery!

06/18/2025

Happy Veterinarians Day to Dr. Cavender, Dr. Jones, Dr. Meier, Dr. Welch and all of our relief doctors who take great care of the pets in need.

06/16/2025

June is Adopt-a-Cat Month and we’ve teamed up with Port City Cat Rescue to share some adoptable kitties with you. If you’re interested in any of these cats fill out an application and find your new best friend!

https://portcitycatrescue.org/adopt/

Harrison-9 weeks old male.

Hudson-9 weeks old male.

Lentil-6 month old male. Super playful and loves other cats.

Miss Hisserton-3 months old, good with dogs and cats.

Checkers-7-8 months old. A little shy at first but very sweet.

Port City Cat Rescue

06/11/2025

June is Adopt-a-Cat Month and we’ve teamed up with Port City Cat Rescue to share some adoptable kitties with you. If you’re interested in any of these cats fill out an application and find your new best friend!

https://portcitycatrescue.org/adopt/

Spirit-7 months old, one-eyed, super fun and loves other cats.

Mardi-7 months old. A little shy but sweet. Good with other cats.

Hailey-sweet but sassy. Needs urinary food. Needs quiet, adult home.

Claire-FIV but has been healthy. Tolerates other cats but better alone or with other cats that leave her alone.

Lily-just had all nine of her kittens adopted! Spayed and very loving.

Prince-About a year old, super social.

Lolly-7 years old. Very gentle, sweet and shy.

06/10/2025

Today is Pet Memorial Day. A day in the year we get to remember our past fur babies with stories and good memories of them. Please share a picture and tell us more about your past babies. We would love to hear those stories that made you smile and laugh and make your day.

06/09/2025

06/06/2025

Help us wish a very happy birthday to one of our most charismatic technicians here at the Animal Emergency Clinic, Cat!

Cat (Aka Kitty Cat) was born & raised right here in Shreveport, LA! Cat has been enjoying her time in the veterinary field for about 9 years now! She has worked in several different fields of Vet Med, including small animal & exotic animal! She is now on her journey to Veterinary School to become a Vet & we couldn’t be more excited for her future comings! When she’s not running the halls with us here at AEC she’s enjoying kayaking, camping, & spending time with her 4 kitty cats (Tiny Cat, Nene, Onyx(Her Son), & Larry Barry). We are so thankful for the energy & love Cat brings to our clinic & applies to the animals she works with up here!! We hope you have the best birthday! 🎈